Solar power plants showed the best improvement in contribution with 378 percent growth. It now has a total of 110 MW grid installed capacity compared to the previous year’s mere 23 MW and an overall share of 0.60 percent from 0.13 percent.

DATA from the Department of Energy (DOE) shows that as of June last year, the total number of power plants running and connected to the grid in the country is at 155, the majority located in the Luzon region and mostly comprised of hydro power plants.

AS THE increased demand for high-internet speed and affordable services, telecom firms are pressured to invest more on network expansion while government is urged to allocate bandwidth equally.
Under President Aquino, internet adoption and usage grew.

LANDBANK continues to strengthen its partnership with Barangka Credit Cooperative (BCC) with the recent approval of two new credit facilities totalling P145 million to help fund the cooperative’s expansion and support its loan assistance program for members.

“We believe that it is not only the economic numbers that count. What is more important is their impact on alleviating poverty, ignorance and disease. This is the change in the economy that we ought to see first in our own policies and programs,”

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